Sheung Wan Station
Sheung Wan 上環 | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 上環 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 上环 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Upper ring | ||||||||||||
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Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan Central and Western District, Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°17′10″N 114°09′06″E / 22.2862°N 114.1518°ECoordinates: 22°17′10″N 114°09′06″E / 22.2862°N 114.1518°E | ||||||||||||
Owned by | MTR Corporation | ||||||||||||
Operated by | MTR Corporation | ||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 (side platforms) | ||||||||||||
Connections | Bus, public light bus, tram | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Station code | SHW | ||||||||||||
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Sheung Wan Location within the MTR system |
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Sheung Wan is a station of the Hong Kong MTR Island Line.
It was originally built in 1970 as Western Market but its construction was discontinued after further planning for the new lines. Upon the construction of the Island Line, the station was finally constructed and opened in May 1986. The station served as westbound terminus of the Island line up until the extension of the line to Kennedy Town, which commenced in 2014. The livery colour of this station is khaki.
Timetable
Line | Destination | First train | Last train | |
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Island Line | Chai Wan | 06:05 | 00:56 | |
Kennedy Town | 06:09 | 01:06 | ||
Source: MTR[1] |
Station layout
The platforms are built under Des Voeux Road from Cleverly Street to Rumsey Street. Although platforms 1 and 2 are parallel to and directly opposite each other, there is a wall separating the two tracks giving a false impression that both platforms are separated by a long distance from each other. Both platforms are slightly longer than those on other MTR underground stations. It has been suggested that this was the result of problems in calculations during the station's construction. The former, never-completed Rumsey Station platforms of the East Kowloon Line are still located at the station (see § Rumsey Street platforms).
Ground | - | Exits |
L2 Concourse |
Des Voeux Road C Concourse | Customer Service, MTR Shops |
Hang Seng Bank, Vending Machines, ATM | ||
Rumsey Street Concourse | Customer Service, MTR Shops | |
Hang Seng Bank, ATM | ||
L3 Concourse |
Des Voeux Road C Concourse | Walkway to all platforms |
Rumsey Street Concourse | Alternate Platforms | |
L5 Platforms |
Side platform, doors will open on the left | |
Platform 1 | Island Line towards Chai Wan (Central) → | |
Wall | ||
Platform 2 | ← Island Line towards Kennedy Town (Sai Ying Pun) | |
Side platform, doors will open on the left |
Rumsey Street platforms
The platforms of the original Rumsey station, originally planned as the southern terminus of East Kowloon Line, still remain in Sheung Wan station. They are located near Exit E, and they are perpendicular to the Island Line platforms below.
Presently, the Rumsey Station platforms are incomplete platforms. They have a length of about three MTR EMUs (while normal trains have eight each), which is about 60 metres long, do not have tracks and overhead power lines, and have all tunnel entrances sealed with bricks.
In recent years, one of the proposal for the usage of the Rumsey Street platforms has been for it to be the terminus of the West Island Line (then a separate line). However, with the decision to make the West Island Line to be an extension of the Island Line, instead of a separate line, there are no more proposals to utilize the Rumsey Street platforms. Since then, the MTR Corporation has boarded up the abandoned platforms, and they are no longer visible.
Entrances and exits
- A1: Des Voeux Road Central
- A2: Wing Lok Street
- B: Des Voeux Road Central
- C: Connaught Road Central
- D: Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal
- E1/E2: Rumsey Street
- E3/E4: Infinitus Plaza[3]
Transport connections
Hong Kong Tramways
Commuters can get out of Sheung Wan station at Exits A1, B, E1 or E3 to get to the tramways on Des Voeux Road Central, for their journey further westwards to Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town.
Hong Kong-Macau Ferry
The Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, located within Shun Tak Centre, provides frequent jetfoil, hydrofoil and hovercraft services to Macau and many other destinations in the Pearl River Delta. Exit D leads to the Ferry Terminal.
References
- ↑ "Sheung Wan Station timetable" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ "Sheung Wan Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ↑ "Sheung Wan Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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